Australian homelessness soars amid national housing insecurity

Sky News host Paul Murray says Australia has a higher homeless population now due to housing insecurity than at the census which back then was the “biggest number” the country “ever had”. “70 per cent of people say they have experienced a rent increase that is up by seven per cent compared to this time last year, 19 per cent said their lease had been terminated or not renewed,” Mr Murray said. “Australia has more homeless people today than it did at the census and at the census it was the biggest number we had ever had.”